02-05-2022, 04:07 PM
Reiff hasn’t played in the postseason and isn’t needed back unless he wants to come back cheaper as a backup or compete for a guard spot.
Uzomah is a solid TE and great effort/locker room guy. If he wants to break the bank we can let him walk. If he wants to come back around the same price we can definitely re-sign him. ($7 mil)
Bates we can franchise or sign long term. ($17 mil)
We can bring back one of Larry/Hill. Having both was amazing but not something that is likely to continue for ANY team. ($7 mil) Topou can walk or come back at less than $2 mil. We have Shelvin if he walks anyway.
We can bring back Spain and Apple as well at reasonable deals. Both are making less than $2 mil this year, but both have earned raises. That said neither will break the bank. ($10 mil combined and likely less than that).
Those are actually pretty generous yearly amounts I’ve used there and we are around $41 mil spent to bring back a very comparable team to this year. With cuts we will have nearly $30 mil to upgrade with outside FA before draft picks which won’t cost as much as previous years due to our low draft slot.
We can bring back almost all of our important pieces. Bring in a couple of good draft picks AND still sign a major FA or 2 to help fix the o line. We could very easily win the SB, have basically the same team coming back PLUS 2 big additions on the O line which is our major weakness.
None of that even factors in FA’s potentially wanting to come here cheaper to chase a ring with a star QB and defending SB champs set up for long term success. We are in a great situation cap wise, unlike some previous years where you posting something like this is needed. There were times we had money and tons a FA to try to keep that took it all up. Not this year.
Uzomah is a solid TE and great effort/locker room guy. If he wants to break the bank we can let him walk. If he wants to come back around the same price we can definitely re-sign him. ($7 mil)
Bates we can franchise or sign long term. ($17 mil)
We can bring back one of Larry/Hill. Having both was amazing but not something that is likely to continue for ANY team. ($7 mil) Topou can walk or come back at less than $2 mil. We have Shelvin if he walks anyway.
We can bring back Spain and Apple as well at reasonable deals. Both are making less than $2 mil this year, but both have earned raises. That said neither will break the bank. ($10 mil combined and likely less than that).
Those are actually pretty generous yearly amounts I’ve used there and we are around $41 mil spent to bring back a very comparable team to this year. With cuts we will have nearly $30 mil to upgrade with outside FA before draft picks which won’t cost as much as previous years due to our low draft slot.
We can bring back almost all of our important pieces. Bring in a couple of good draft picks AND still sign a major FA or 2 to help fix the o line. We could very easily win the SB, have basically the same team coming back PLUS 2 big additions on the O line which is our major weakness.
None of that even factors in FA’s potentially wanting to come here cheaper to chase a ring with a star QB and defending SB champs set up for long term success. We are in a great situation cap wise, unlike some previous years where you posting something like this is needed. There were times we had money and tons a FA to try to keep that took it all up. Not this year.
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